One Crosstown Towers I, II, III, and The Crest | 129.86m | 39s | Aspen Ridge | Core Architects l u/c
The big Crosstown Community getting taller.
So sad to still see the completed $13Billion Crosstown LRT route still sitting empty. Metrolinx says the “nerve centre” designed to run trains along the route has been plagued with software defects that are so problematic … that next month software will already be on its seventh! iteration.
[B]TD Terrace/160 Front West from the CN Tower.[/B]
One of the more simple/tasteful lighting versions of thousands (programmable LEDs) available. I think this is the default lighting when they aren’t playing around.
KING Toronto | 57.6m | 16s | Westbank | Bjarke Ingels Group l u/c
The 3 ‘mountains’ rising… with scaffolding between the 2 on the right.
The grass in the foreground is the site of the future CCxA promenade (and water feature) called "The Cats" between here and the Wellington Street side
of The Well.
(Even with my apparent home-boy bias ;-)... this has to be one of the most astonishing urban (and public realm) redevelopments on the continent in recent history... not to mention preventing a potential flood disaster event.
Lower Don Lands Redevelopment | Waterfront Toronto l u/c
Huge jump in heights (up to 46 storeys in the western portion) for the future community on Villiers Island with at least 9000 residential units of which 2,200 to 2,700 will be affordable units (depending on the final mix of unit sizes). Somebody better start a Go Fund Me page soon for the proposed LRT here (the bridge is there ;-).
Conceptual rendering below is a bit misleading as the development blocks are actually just 26 acres while the parkland is more than 50 acres (the big Promontory Park and playground is obscured by the buildings.
Greening up everywhere around the new river valley and wetlands. 100 year old seedlings from wetlands that were buried metres deep below what was a toxic industrial site... are sprouting green again.
A waterfront miracle is underway lol… 7 years after the HPA design (inspired somewhat by sails) was unveiled… stagnant for years until ownership changed from financially-troubled Greenland to deep-pockets Pinnacle… a construction crane is rising. Can’t believe my eyes but thrilled that giant site on the water will finally be built out.
Phase 1 is 49, 39 and 14 storeys with more than 1000 residential units, public space and retail. It appears the 49 storey tower will be constructed first given the crane’s location to the east of the site.
*The new name will be Sankofa Square, a word from Ghana which means "the act of reflecting on and reclaiming teachings from the past which enables us to move forward together."
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